Window regulator



' WINDOW REGULATOR iled May 8,'l 1959 2 sheetssnee 1 Feb. 20, 1940. w. c. DEVEREAUX VIII, "Il," I

w. c. DEVEREAUX 2,190,704

WINDOW REGULATOR Filed May 8, 19159A 2 SheetS--Shee'l` 2 Feb. 20; 1940.

r fg .lbn U Patented Feuzo, 1940 i i 'aiemofi` i Wlunow REGULATon c William oinev'eaui, befall-Sibirien; npmicatiomMays, 1939, serial No. 2725535 I Claims (01. 26a-"125) i l Y Part-0f `'die regulator mechanism 'shown' in pig` A I J This invention relates generally to Window regulators for motor vehicle'bodiesgand refersfinore `particularly to improvements in regulatorsfor operating Ventilating windows of the type s upported for sliding movement fore and aft of the vehicle body.

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One type of ventilation commonly employed in motor vehicle bodies consists in providing alslot at the front edge of one window panel byjrsliding the latter rearwardly in the plane of 4tl'lewindow accordance with conventionalfpracopening. `Ir1 tice, the window panel -is shifted fore and aft of the vehicle body to respectively close and Vopen the Ventilating slot by the regulatormechanism provided for raising and lowering the window panel." Although r-various diierent types "of resulators have been proposed for" accomplishing" the required shifting movement of the panels,' nevertheless, many of theseregulators have proved so i complicated and expensve'inconstruction 'as to seriously detract from the simplicity @inthe-'principle of ventilation i outlined above. Moreoveri in many instances, the regulators provided Vin'V the past for Ventilating Windows of the character.

referredto embody parts of such a nature alsto render it extremelydiicult to assemble'fthe saline in the minimum space usually existing between..

the body panels and, in addition, do `notleryid themselves to economical manufacture and 'a -g sembly. y

It is, therefore, one

this invention to overcome the diiculties noted above byv providing a posed of a relatively few simple parts leap-able 'of j being readily assembled ina` compact 'space 'and rendering it possible to shift the window fore and aft 'of the body as the regulator iat-manipulated to effect vertical movementof thejwindow'into and out ofthe Window opening. Il,"

4;In addition to the above; the *present invention contemplates afwindow regulator embodying the closure'panel in acgstraight` means :for guiding y line path of travel between the two extreme-vere tical positions of the panel and also prevents tilting movement of thepanelin the plane of the window opening.

. accompanying The foregoing, as Wellras` other; objects; willbe u made more apparent as this descriptioni'proceeds, i, especially` when considered in connection yvviththe drawings, wherein- Figurel is an elevational i tion of fa' part ofa vehicle'body;` illustatinga window regulator constructed in accordance with thisinvention;4 A t Figure/2 is an `ingI I I and having a "supported, upon The window regulator mechanism4 [3',

of the principal featuresofv window regulator co'rn enlarged; elevational view I ure l1;

Figurey 3 is a sectionai- View 4taken.substannali'yi on the planel indicated bythe line 3-3 of Figure 1:k i i r Figure lis a sectional viewtaken substantially `on the plane indicated by thepline 4-'4 of ,Fig-1 "ureZJw Figure 5 is a sectional View taken vsubstantially"A ure 3. i *l Referring now more in detail tothe drawings,

it will be notedthat there is illustrated in Figure l al vehicle body `door Ill having a window [openclosure in the, form of a glass panel lI23forl'clos`ing the Window opening. In ac cordance `with conve tional "practice, the closure panel I2 issupported forvertioal sliding l'z nove- ,4

nient into and out vof thewin'dow opening Il vby means' of `a window regulator; designated generally i`n` the 1accompanying\drawings "by the-referencej character I3; The windowregulator"|3 is the inner door panel M which, in` turn, cooperates with latter isin "its lowermost position.

` in vaddiltion to embodying means Iii-` for .raising and lowering the panel I2 relative to'the window opening,

, also comprises guide means I1 foreffecting shift` ingfmovem'ent of the 'panelIZ fore and aft of the` body in theplaneof 44the window opening, `In 'the' present instance,` thelg'uide means closure panel ,I2 to shiftA rearwardly in the" plane I of the window opening upon initial operationof I 6` for lowering the glass i the window opening and,` in i servesjto shiftfthe'glasslpaneliIZ fortheQreg'ulator Vmeans" panel I2 relative toaddition; wardly'during the `final' movement of the regulatoi' means 'tov'vindowA closingvgposition. `As will be 'presently gdescribed, 4[the window regulator mechanism leffects Vrearward',shifting movement ofthe closurepanel I2 a distancesuicient to Yforni"fafVentilating` slot- I8 between the forward.k edge of theV closurepan'el I2 andthe adjacent bodyls't'ructure I9." The slot -l8`is created by the 4regulator mechanlsni while the `closure panel I 2 l the *outerdoorv-panel I5 to L' form la wellfor receiving the closure` `I2*4 when" the 25 isin itsupper'most yposition Withrespectfto the Y Iwindow opening so'thatfthet'op edge of the panel remainsuadequately, supported bythe adjacent body'istructure when thefpanel isin its ventilat- 'ing position.

Referringrst to thelguideineans I;1, it will be I noted-.thatfthismeans comprisesa plate 2B suiti `v ably secured to the inner panel I4 andtsupporting on the plane indicated by `the `line 5-"5iof Fig- 10 I a'carrier 2| for vertical sliding movement. The

carrier 2I is operatively connected to a plate 22 secured at its upper end to a bracket 23 which,v

in turn, is i'lxed to the glass channel 24.. The upper end of the plate 22 is detachably secured 'y to the bracket 23 by means of the fastener ele- 28 secured tothe plate 22 with the shank portion extending through the slot 2l an'dterminating in an enlarged head 29 of a diameter greater than4 the width of the slot to retain the stud in assembled relation with the plate-20. 'Ihelower end of the plate 22 is provided with a stud 3!) having a shankportion extending through the slot 26' and terminating inan enlarged head 3l of a diameter greater than the Width of the slot 26 to maintaink the samein assembled relationship with the plate.

Upon reference tol Figures 2 and 5, itwill be noted that the upper ends oi each of the slots Zontal extensions are spaced fromv each .other adistance vequal'to the vertical spacing between the studs aforesaid `and are provided with forwardlyextending hori- 32 and 33, respectively. The arrangement is such that the plate 22, with the associated glass panel I2, are guided in a straight line vertical path when the` studs on the plate 22 are in engagement with the vertical portions of the 'two slots and are guided in a forward direction by the extensions of the slots when the panel is raised. It will., of course, beunderstood thaty theupiler ends of the twogslots in the plate 2i! extendl to such apoint that when the studs on the plate 22 assume a position adjacent the entrant ends of the extensions of the slots, the closure panel I2 is in its uppermostpositionwith respect to the window opening so that the top edge of the closure panel vI 2 is supported by the adjacent body f structure. However, in this position, the forward edge of the panel I2 is lspaced rearwardly fromvthe adjacent body structure to lprovide the slot I8and v thelengths of the-extensions 32 and 33 at the upper ends of thel slots in the plate 2D are such as to provide the `forward-movement ofthe plate 22 required to' effect closing of the slot I8 bythe panel I2.

It-has previously beenv stated that the plateI 22r is operated by the carrier 2l. ures 2 and 3, the carrier 2l is vertically spaced studsk 34 and35 havingshank portions respectively extending-'through the slots 26 and 21 and havingenlarged headportions 36 of a diameter-'greater than the widthiof`r the slots to insure maintaining the carrierinassembled relation with the plate 20. The stud 35 is mounted on the carrier 2l ata point below the stud 28-on the plate 22 land is ,operatively con-nectedto the stud 23 by means of linkage 31; 3l comprises a link 38 having the lower end oonnected to the stud 35 and having the uppenend connected tolan intermediate link 3S lby means of a pivot pin 40. "The opposite end of the link 39 'is As shownv in Figpivotally connected to the lower endof a link 4I.

by meansof a pin 42fand the upperend offthe link 4I is pivotally connected to'thestud 28. In this connection, attention vthe kdoor IQ is determined by suitable vwith the studs 34 and as.

lprovided with two The linkage' lowermost position out oi the window and that it' is desired to close the window open- 4651's rotated by the usualhandle (not is called to the :fact

that the linkage is maintained in sliding engagement with the adjacent side of the plate by means of coil springs 32' respectively surrounding the shank portions of the studs 28 and 35 between the linkage and the adjacent portions of the carrier. As a result, the springs cooperate with the linkage to maintain the heads'of the studs in frictional engagement with the plate 2G so as to prevent rattling of the parts.

It will also be observed that the pivot pins Il@ and `l2 have shank portions which extend through the v slot 2'! and terminate in enlarged heads in the same manner as the studs 28 and 35.

The stud 34 at the lower end of the carrier ZI isoperatively connected to the stud 3! at the corresponding .end ofthe plate22 by means of linkage 23 exactly the same' as the linkage 3l line pathv of travel during vertical and horizontal shifting movement of the plate 22 and associated glass panel I2.

The carrier is operated by the regulator' operating means-I6, shown in Figure i as having a segment 45 supported on the inner door panel I4 'for rockingmovement and adapted to mesh with apinion d6 which, in turn, is driven bythe usual operating handle (not shown). The segment 45 isoperatively connected to the carrier 2 I by mea-ns of a regulator arm ll'i having one end secured to the segment II and having a study IIB at thel'opposite end slidably engaging in a horizontally elongated slot t9 `formed in the carrier -2iI adjacent the upper end of the latter. In accordance with conventionaly practice, the stud i3 is provided with an lenlarged head insertable through the enlarged-portion 5i] of the slot 49 and having a diameter exceeding the width of the remaininlgnportionvof the slot to insure maintaining the ,parts in assembled relationship.

-`The extent of downward travel of the carrier -2I Vrequired to completely lower the panel I2 in stops 5I secured to the plate 2U for abutting engagement The portions 52 of the s1ots26V and 2l projecting downwardly from the stops Eil-are enlargedto--such anwextent to permit the head portions of the two series of studs to be readily assembled with andfremoved from the plate 2D. In other words, the constructionis such 'as'to permit the carrier 2l, plate bracket 23, glass channel 24 and the closure panel I2 to be assembled with or removed from the plate as aunit". A1so,"due to the readily detachable connectionbetwee'n' the regulator arm 57 and the carrier itfollows thatrth'e above assembly is also capableoi-being readily connected to or removed from theregulator operating means l Ii.

Operation nA'sfsum'ing-`that the closure vpanel I2 'is in its opening ing by the panelfit will bel noted that the pinion shown) to eieot a rocking lmovement v'of the regulator arm dltlirough the medium or" the segment IS. In the above position of parts, the pinion k46 is, ofcourse, manipulatedltonjlift the :free .end of the also be raised relative to the plate 2D. The carrier is in its uppermost Lsus is guided in a straight line'vertical path by the two series of studs respectively. engaging in the vertical portions ofl the slots 26 and 21. AAs

,previously stated, the plate 22, carrying the closure panel I2, is operatively connected to the carrier 2l through the medium of the linkage 32 and 33. t As a result, the closure panel `I2 is vraised as a unit with the carrier 2`I in a vertical straight line pathof'travel. i

When thecarrier 2l has been' raised by the regulator arm"41 to a position `wherein thestuds '28 and 30 are at the upper ends of the vertical portions of the slots25 and 21,` the glass panel I2 position with respect to the window opening I I. t However, in this latter position of the glass panel, the front edge of the same is spaced from the adjacent body structure to provide the Ventilating opening I8, with the result that the airI stream flowing past the outer sideof the slot I8 draws air through'the slot from the interior of the body. In the event it is desired to close the ventilating slot I8, movement of the carrier 2I in an upward direction by the regulator'arm 41 is continued, with the result that the extensions at the upper ends of the slots in the plate 2ligchange the direction of movement of the studs 28 and 30 to a horizontal forward movement.v Inasmuch as these studs aresecured directlyV to the plate 22 and in view of the factthat the glass panel I2 is carried by the plate 22, it follows that the panel will be shifted inr a forward direction to close the ve-ntilating slot I8. t t' It will be noted from Figure 2 that during the forward shifting movementrof the panel I2, the lowermost studs 34 and 35, `carried bythe carrier 2|, remain in the vertical'portions `of 'the slots 26 and 21, with the result that the direction of movement of the carrier 2I is not changed. yIt follows, therefore, that the carrier 2|,is moved in a straight line vertical path of travel notwithstanding thattheglass panel is shifted fore and aft of the body. t i i When it is desired to lower the glass panel I2, the pinion 46 is rotated inthe' opposite direction to effect a downward movement ofthe carrier 2I` `by the regulator, arm 41. Initial downward movement of the carrier 2I `is effected relative to the t platek 22 and the latter is merely moved rearwardly in a direction parallel to the extensions 32 and 33 of the slots in the plate 20. Of course, continued downward movement of the carrier 2| eventually causes the uppermost studs 28 and 30 onthe plate 22 to enter the vertical portions of the slots on the plate `204 and thereby move terior of the body.

downwardly as a unit with the carrier 2|'.

Thus, from the foregoing, it will be observed that I have provided a window regulator corn-` posed of a relatively few simple parts capable of being inexpensively manufactured, assembled and installed.` It will also be noted that my im-` proved regulator mechanism effectively guides the closure panel ina straight line pathof travel between the two extreme vertical positions of the panel and at thesame time causes fore and aft shifting movement of the panel relative to the window opening to 'effect .ventilation of the in- What I claim as my invention is:

. 1. The combination with a vehicle body having` a windowopening and a closure for the window opening mounted for vertical sliding movement into and outy of thelwindow opening, of"`aregu lator for said closure comprising a plate fixed against movement with `said closure and having laterally spaced vertically extending guiding portions provided with forwardly projecting'extensions at the upper ends thereof, followers carried lby the closure respectively slidably'engaging the into and out of the window opening, of af'regulator for said closure comprising aj plate fixed against mo'vementwitl'l` said closure and' having laterally spaced vertically extending guiding portionsprovided with forwardly projecting exten sions at the upper ends thereof, followers carried `by'the closure respectivelyslidably.engaging the guiding portionsand cooperating `withthe extensions to `effect fore and aft shifting movement of the closure, a carrier havingfollowers respectively slidably engaging the guiding'portions on said plate, linkage connecting the followers on said carrier to thel followers carriedkby said clo,`

suie and means COIlnectedto the carrier for raising and lowelng said closure. U

3. The combination with avehicle'body'having `a window opening and a `closure yfon the window opening mounted for `vertical sliding y movement into and out of the windowopening, of a regulator for said closure comprising a 'plate fixed against movement .with said closure and having laterally spacedvertically extending `guiding portions provided with forwardly projecting i extensions, a member carried by the closure and having spaced followers slidably engageable with said guiding portions and cooperating with the extensionsto effect fore Vand aft shifting movement of the closure, afcarrier having laterally-` spaced followers respectively slidably 'engaging the sliding portions` on` theplate,4 linkage `connectingthe followers on the'carrier 'withthe followers on saidmember, and means operatively connectedtc the followerv for raising and lowering the latter relative to said plate.`

4.The combination with a vehicle body having a window opening and a closure for the winment into and out of the window opening, of a `dowopening mounted for vertical slidingmovea l having laterally spaced vertically extending guicl-k ing portions provided with forwardly projecting extensions, a member carried by the closure and having spaced followers slidably engagea-ble with spaced followers respectively slidably engaging the sliding portions on the plate, linkageiconnecting the.` followers on the carrier with the followerson said member, and means operativecarrier for sliding movement relative thereto in 75 e5r said `guiding portions and cooperatingwiththe I extensions to effect fore andaft shiftingmovement-of the closure, a carrier having laterally n p slots therethrough provided with forwardly projecting extensions at the upper ends thereof, a member carried by the closure and having spaced followers respectively slidably engageable with said slots and cooperating with the extensions to effect fore and aft shifting movement of the closure, a carrier having followers respectively slidably engageable with said slots, linkage pivoty ally connecting the followers on the carrier with the followers on said member, and means operatively connected to the carrier for raising and lowering said carrier.

6.'y The combination with a vehicle body having awindow openingI and a closure for the window opening mounted for vertical sliding movement into and out of the opening, of aregulator for said closure comprising a plate fixed against movement with said closure and having a vertically extending guiding portion provided with a` forwardly projecting extension at theupper end, a member carried by the closure andA having a follower slidably engageable with the guiding portion and cooperating with said extension to effect foreand aft shifting movement of the closure, a carrier having a follower slidably engageable with theA guiding portion and operatively connected to said member, and means connected-to the carrier for raising and lowering the latter relative to said plate.

. '7. Thevcombination with a vehicle body having a window opening and a4 closurey for the window opening mounted for vertical sliding `movement into andv out of thev opening, of a regulator for said closure comprising a plate xed against movement with said closure and having laterally spaced vertically extending guiding portions, one of the vertically extending guiding portions having a forwardly. projecting extension at the upper end, a member carried by the closure and having a follower slidably engageable with the last `named guiding portion on the plate and cooperating with the extension on the latter` guiding portion toeiect fore andaft slidingmovementof the closure; a carrier having a follower slidably engageable with the other guid- 'ing portion and operatively connected to said ing a window opening and a closure for the window lopening mounted for vertical sliding movement into and` out of the opening, of a regulator for said closure comprising a plate fixed against movement with said closure and having a vertically extending guiding portion, said'vertically extending guiding portion having a forwardly projecting extension aty the upper end, a member carried by the closure and having a follower slidably vengageable with the guiding portion on said plate and cooperating with the extension on the latter guiding portion to effect fore and aft sliding movement of the closure, a carrier having a follower spaced below the follower on said member a distance greater than the length of said extension and engageable with said guiding portion', linkage connecting the two followers, and means connected to the carrier for raising and` lowering the latter relative to said plate.

9. The combination with a vehicle body having a window opening and a closure for the window opening mountedv for vertical sliding movement into and out of the opening, of a regulator for said closure comprising a plate xed against movement with said closure` and having laterally spaced vertically extending slots therethrough provided with forwardly projecting extensions at the upper 'end thereof, a member carried by the closure and having followers slidably engageable with said slots and cooperating with the extensions to effect .fore and aft shifting moveto mentof the closure, acarrier having followers respectively spaced below the followers on said member a distance greater than the length of the extensions` and slidably engageable with the verticallyextending portions of the slots, linkage respectively connecting the followers on the carrier with the followers on said member, and means for raising and lowering the carrierrelative to said plate.

WILLIAM c. DnvinaEAUx. 

